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English
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"You're standing in front of your refrigerator, a week after your last trip to the supermarket. You've got a bunch of random veggies, some wrinkly fruit, near-expired milk, and those pricey fresh herbs you bought for that one recipe and don't know how to use up. For a split second you picture yourself opening a trash bag, throwing everything away, and ordering takeout. We've all been there. But instead ... you pick up this cookbook. In no time you've...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Stop throwing away your food scraps and start enjoying them on your table! A collection of 80 surprising, creative, delicious recipes for anyone who wants to cook smart, sustainable, and impressive meals out of unused bits of produce, cheese rinds, stale bread, and other oft-discarded foods"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Orca think volume 9
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Around the world, a billion tons of food gets thrown away every year, even while hundreds of millions of people go hungry. A lot of what we don't eat ends up rotting in landfills, which creates methane and contributes to the climate crisis. The good new is that many governments, communities and individuals--like you--are working hard to tackle this giant problem."--
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Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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From Cats Are a Liquid author Rebecca Donnelly, Green Machine is a playful nonfiction picture book celebrating innovation in the energy cycle with food waste composting--featuring illustrations by Christophe Jacques. Composting is cool! Celebrate the innovation and science that helps turn your food waste into green energy. See how food scraps are composted, collected, and processed, transforming trash into biogas and electricity. It's a green machine!...
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Become a zero-waste hero with these smart and simple ideas to shop, plan, cook, and eat waste free. Use ingredients from top to bottom - salvage stale bread to thicken soups, and elevate eggshells to a protein-packed smoothie. Grow-it, don't throw it - give lettuce cores and potato peels a second life, and love your leftovers with tasty ideas for using up cooked potato, pasta, and rice. Give 3 zero-waste twists to 10 classic recipes - pump up pesto...
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Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the jam-packed city of Fridge-opolis, Swiss cheese has turned moldy and bleu. The broccoli is in a bad mood downtown in the crispers. And the Eastside high-rises are full of dressings cloudy with gloom. With the city in chaos, Mayor Mayonnaise calls on Doctor Baking Soda at Undersink Labs for help. Will they be able to save Fridge-opolis from utter rancid ruin? This debut picture book is a humorous introduction to recycling and composting for...
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"From the food-stoked star of the A&E series Scraps and the National Chef of Sur La Table, a ground-breaking cookbook that reshapes the way you look at ingredients and makes the most out of every resource in the kitchen, featuring 150 color photographs and 100 ingenious recipes that expand your mind, the way you cook, and how you live." -- Publisher annotation.
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Publisher
Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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For more than three decades, this best-selling guide to the practice of vermicomposting has taught people how to use worms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for houseplants or gardens. Small-scale, self-contained worm bins can be kept indoors, in a basement, or even under the kitchen sink in an apartment — making vermicomposting a great option for city dwellers and anyone who doesn’t want or can’t have an outdoor...
Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The average American household throws away more than $1,500 worth of food every year. Featuring 100 recipes from chefs such as Rick Bayless, Elizabeth Falkner, Bryant Terry, and Katie Button, Waste Not shows readers how to turn ingredients that often end up in the trash into delicious dishes and exciting takes on tried-and-true recipes. There are no better ambassadors to inspire people to reduce food waste than chefs. Nobody knows more about how to...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Imagine a world where you can eat healthier, save money, and reduce your impact on the planet. Carleigh Bodrug is back with a cookbook packed to the brim with nourishing plant-based meal that will help you eat well and reduce your food waste one bite at a time. Enjoy over 140 fuss-free recipes to use up what you have in your fridge and pantry, all displayed in Carleigh's easy-to-digest infographic style."--Back cover.
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Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Get up close and personal with a wonderful world of waste. From composting and recycling, to landfills and dumps, to how creative people are finding new ways to reuse rubbish. It's fun to talk trash when it's jam-packed with infographics, thematic spreads, photos, sidebars, stats, and facts. Also included are quizzes and activities to inspire kids to take action, be proactive, and rethink the things we throw away.
14) The food we eat
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Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Young readers will learn about the hidden problems in our food supply, including the use of chemicals like preservatives and dyes, the poor living conditions for animals that enter the food supply, and the easy access to unhealthy options instead of healthy foods. After learning about these issues, students are encouraged by 'Test It!' and 'Solve It!' activities to think critically and consider potential environmentally friendly, sustainable solutions...
Author
Publisher
Enslow Pub
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Waste is a problem, a huge problem. Plastic is piling up. Landfills are overfilled. While many think recycling is the answer, not everything can be recycled. Make less--or even zero--waste can really make an important on the garbage problem that is contributing to climate change. This encouraging book invites young environmentalists to take small, achievable steps to become mindful of wasteful lifestyles. For example, they can reuse bags, buy things...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?"--
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ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"25 Ready-to-Use Sustainable Living Programs for Libraries is an all-in-one guide to how to plan, organize, and run sustainable living programs in libraries"--
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in sustainability and self-reliance topics has risen considerably. The essays in this book embrace these timely topics, and provide information on organizing instructional workshops, forming gardening clubs, creating community gardens, teaching...
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Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"What is an easy, actionable way to put excess atmospheric carbon back in the ground and reduce our contributions to emissions and food waste? By creating our own "climate victory gardens." We now recognize that plots in towns and cities are critical to supporting planetary diversity, and by instituting organic, regenerative practices and growing some of our own food, we can sequester carbon as well as shift toward living in a more ecologically responsible...
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Publisher
Interlink Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Cooking and eating more consciously every day to help fight food waste and climate change Tom Hunt is on a mission to have us all sourcing, cooking, and eating more consciously every day to help fight food waste and climate change. His recipes are seasonal and sustainable, enabling us to eat better food that supports not only our health but also the well-being of the planet. Eating for Pleasure, People, and Planet showcases Tom's manifesto-Eat for...
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